More Spanish Proverbs
It is not the load but the overload that kills....
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That which is cheap is dear....
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The busy man is troubled with but one devil, the idle man by a thousan...
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Now that I have an ewe and a lamb, every one says to me: Good morrow, ...
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My life and soul (are at your service), but not my pack-saddle....
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Other Proverbs
Every dog is entitled to one bite....
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Gratefulness is the poor man's payment....
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The coalheaver is master at home....
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Praise a maid in the morning, and the weather at night....
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Silver silence is golden....
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When the corsair promises masses and candles, it goes ill with the galley.
- Spanish Proverb